This woman illustrates an important tactic in fashion as well as home decor: Keeping most elements neutral is the best way to create maximum impact and drama for a great bit of color.
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I am a twentysomething writer, environmentalist, foodie, animal lover, X-Acto knife enthusiast, crafter, penny-pincher, and appreciator of good design. A native of the Bay Area, I live in San Diego in a cozy studio apartment with three pet rats.
Read more of me on Yelp - or Apartment Therapy, where I comment under the name "mmadden." Or email me at mmadden at gmail dot com.
I am...
Reading
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
Eating
Lots of salads with toasted walnuts and homemade vinaigrette
Watching
Season 1 of Dexter (again)
Listening
Pandora - it's SO much better than last.fm
Wearing
Homemade jewelry, whoohoo!
Loving
How my rats inadvertently adjust the volume on my radio. It amuses me.
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
Eating
Lots of salads with toasted walnuts and homemade vinaigrette
Watching
Season 1 of Dexter (again)
Listening
Pandora - it's SO much better than last.fm
Wearing
Homemade jewelry, whoohoo!
Loving
How my rats inadvertently adjust the volume on my radio. It amuses me.
Current Cravings
Stylin" and designin"
- Absolutely Beautiful Things
- All the Best
- An Eye for an I:nterior
- Another Shade of Grey
- Apartment Therapy
- Architeque
- beachbungalow8
- Beauty Addict
- black . white . bliss .
- Closet Therapy
- Cote de Texas
- Craving Anthropologie
- Creature Comforts
- Decor8
- Decorno
- Design Boner
- Design for Mankind
- Desire to Inspire
- Fashion Addict Diary
- Fashionologie
- Girl Meets Glamour
- Go Fug Yourself
- Habitually Chic
- Happy Mundane
- I Am Fashion
- Just My Cup of Tea
- Modern Roost
- Omiru
- Pink Mirage
- Pretty Good Things
- Shoewawa
- Style Diary
- The Budget Fashionista
- The Sartorialist
Street Fashion
Plain old good reads
Good Quotes
"Dress as if you are celebrating yourself in a room full of sleeping people." - Gala, galadarling.com
“If you aren’t enjoying your clothes, then you really are missing the point.” - Betty Halbreich
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” - John Keats
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life & the world.” - John Milton
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” - Cicero
“Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh
“If you aren’t enjoying your clothes, then you really are missing the point.” - Betty Halbreich
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” - John Keats
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life & the world.” - John Milton
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” - Cicero
“Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh
Magic Time Machine
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November
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- Superstar of the Day: This Girl
- Getting the Boot
- Black is Back
- And now, for something completely different
- Gratuitous Handbagging
- The lure of the farmer's market
- Let's do this thang
- Pretty. Passe.
- Flickr
- Temptation
- Only in Hillcrest
- Friday Diversion
- Another awesome Hel look
- Don't Steal This Look
- Anthropoligizing
- The Faces of Shopbop, Part 3
- The pathetic mewls of a runt
- Flared, baby
- The Sweater! It Eludes Me!
- I have an etsy store!
- Getting my act together
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November
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